EXHIBIT 1 DECLARATION I, Bob Met.z, a member ofthe Lincoln, minois Chamber ofCommerce, own and operate P & M Communications at 527 Woodlawn Road in Lincoln, and hereby state the following under penalty ofperjury: 1. I have owned and operated a Lincoln Retail Store for the past 14 years. 2. As needed, WHMX-FM Radio provides a valuable option for my a advertising needs in the Lincoln market; 3. Lincoln is a sizeable community with a population ofapproximately 15,500 people and has a work force ofmore than 11,000 people. lincoln also has its own government and courthouse, dozens ofloeal businesses, its own park district, seven (7) elementary schools, a Junior High and High School, three colleges, many churches and recreation and entertainment activities. 4. The Community ofLincoln relies on radio station WHMX-FM for local public service announcements; school closings~ road/traffic information and community affairs and health and safety information. 5. Such important local information is not available to the Lineoln community on other broadcast stations licensed to other communities which Lincoln residents can receive. 6. The signal ofWLLM - AM in Lincoln is weak and subject to interference, and at nighttime cannot be received in parts ofthe city. 7. WLNX-FM in Lincoln is a Lincoln College Educational Station. I spoke with Lincoln College Dean Tom Zurkammer this date and he advised: "Our College Radio Station has been otT the air for three (3) years and we have no iuunediate plans for it's return." 8. WHMX-FM is an important and vital part ofthe Lincoln community and its relocation would cause significant hardship to the residents ofLincoln. Stated this 30111 day ofJuly 2001. ~~~ P & M Communications 527 Woodlawn Road Lincoln, IL 62656 EXHIBIT 2 DECLARAnON T, Tom Kushak, President ofLong Nine, Iuc., hereby state the following ullder ptiu.u1Ly of perjury: 1. On the afternoon ofFriday, July 27,2001, I traveled by car to the City of Lincoln. IIlinois at approximately 3:30 p_m. 2. Using a high quality digital car receiver, I was unable to detect any local programming on 88.9 MHz, WLNX(FM). Lincoln. Illinois. Occasionally, I was able to receive a mint signal on 88.9?v.1hz that was identified as WEIU{PM) in Chw:lesloIl, Illinois. 3. I drove throughout the City ofLincoln and surrounding aJ:ca fu.l' won:: Lb.cm. thirty minutes and was unable to receive a signal from WLNX(FM). 4. Based on my experience, it is my beliefthat WLNX(FM) is currently off the air. Sl.aL~ lhis 30th day ofJuly 2001. Tom Ku~h~k President 4>ng Nine, Inc. EXHIBIT 3 DECLARATION I, Thomas M. Doll, Legal Assistant at the law firm of Shaw Pittman, LLP, Washington, D.C., hereby state the following under penalty ofperjury: 1. On the afternoon ofFriday, July 27,2001, I called the Office of Admissions ofLincoln College, Lincoln, Illinois (1-800-569-0556) to inquire whether the station licensed to the college, WLNX(FM), is currently on the air. 2. I spoke with Stacy Rachel, Associate Director ofAdmissions at approximately 4:45 p.m. EST, who informed me that WLNX(FM) has been "out oforder" for "about three years." 3. Based on my discussion with Ms. Rachel, it is my understanding that WLNX(FM) is currently offthe air. Stated this 30th day ofJuly 200 I. Thomas M. Doll Legal Assistant Shaw Pittman LLP EXHIBIT 4 ENGINEERING STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF COMMENTS MM DOCKET 01-120 WMHX(FM) - LINCOLN. IL Long Nine, Inc. Springfield, IL July 30, 2001 Prepared for: Mr. Tom Kushak Long Nine, Inc. P.O. Box 460 Springfield, IL 62705 CARL' E. SMITH CONSULTING ENGINEERS 2324 N. CLEVE·MASS RD .. BOX 807 330/659-4440 FAX: 330/659·9234 BATH, OHIO 44210-0807 CONTENTS Title Page Contents Engineering Affidavits Roy P. Stype, III Ronald W. Coffman Engineering Statement Fig. 1.0 - Map Exhibit Depicting Channel 23081 Fully Spaced Site Area And Springfield Urbanized Area Table 1.0 - Stations Providing Full Time Aural Service To Lincoln Table 1.1 - Stations Providing Full Time Aural Service To Sherman ---- CARL E. SMITH CONSULTING ENGINEERS --__ ENGINEERING AFFIDAVIT State of Ohio ) ) ss: County of Summit ) Roy P. Stype, III, being duly sworn, deposes and states that he is a graduate Elec- trical Engineer, a qualified and experienced Communications Consulting Engineer whose works are a matter of record with the Federal Communications Commission and that he is a member of the Firm of "Carl E. Smith Consulting Engineers" located at 2324 North Cleveland-Massillon Road in the Township of Bath, County of Summit, State of Ohio, and that the Firm has been retained by Long Nine, Inc., to prepare the attached "Engineering Statement In Support of Comments - MM Docket 01-120 - WMHX(FM) - Lincoln, IL." The deponent states that the Exhibit was prepared by him or under his direction and is true of his own knOWledge, except as to statements made on information and belief and as to such statements, he believes them to be true. Subscribed and sworn to before me on July 30, 2001. /SEAU ---- CARL E. SMITH CONSULTING ENGINEERS ---- ENGINEERING AFFIDAVIT State of Ohio ) ) 55: County of Summit ) Ronald W. Coffman, being duly sworn, deposes and states that he is a qualified and experienced Communications Consulting Engineer whose works are a matter of record with the Federal Communications Commission and that he is a member of the Firm of "Carl E. Smith Consulting Engineers" located at 2324 North Cleveland- Massillon Road in the Township of Bath, County of Summit, State of Ohio, and that the Firm has been retained by Long Nine, Inc., to prepare the attached "Engineering Statement In Support of Comments - MM Docket 01-120 - WMHX(FM) - Lincoln, IL." The deponent states that the Exhibit was prepared by him or under his direction and is true of his own knowledge, except as to statements made on information and belief and as to such statements, he believes them to be true. Ronald w. Co~ ----- .. Subscribed and sworn to before me on July 30, 2001. ~\c\~ Notary Pub IIMICY A. NJIMS, Noiary Public Alillftca . Cuy~ County ....WIde Juri5dicljon. 0N0 My CoI'N'iIIIioi, EXDints Sept. 5. 2006 /SEAU ---- CARL E. SMITH CONSULTING ENGINEERS ---_ ENGINEERING STATEMENT This engineering statement is prepared on behalf of Long Nine, Inc., licensee of Radio Stations WMAY(AM) - Springfield, Illinois, WNNS(FM) - Springfield, Illinois, and WQLZ(FM) - Taylorville, Illinois, and proposed assignee of Radio Station WLUJ(FM)- Petersburg, Illinois. It is prepared in support of comments in MM Docket 01-120, which proposes to reallot Channel 230B1 from Lincoln, Illinois to Sherman, Illinois and modify the license for WMHX(FM) to specify Sherman as its community of license. 1 This proposed reallotment would leave Lincoln (population 15,369 ) devoid of full time commercial service, leaVing only a daytime AM station2 (WLLM) and a low power noncommercial educational FM station (WLNX) providing local service to Lincoln. On the other hand, while Sherman (population 2871) presently has no local service, it is, as shown below, located immediately contiguous to the Springfield Urbanized Area4 and is well served by stations licensed to other communities in the Springfield area. Figure 1.0 is a map exhibit depicting the boundaries of Sherman in relation to those for the Springfield Urbanized Area, as defined by the 1990 U. S. Census. As shown in this map exhibit, while Sherman is not presently considered to be located within this urbanized area, its southern boundary is contiguous with a portion of the 1AII population data in this engineering statement is extracted from the 2000 U. S. Census. 2Although WLLM is authorized to operate during nighttime hours with 35 watts, these nighttime facilities operate on a secondary basis and WLLM is considered by the FCC to be a daytime only station. JWLNX operates with only an effective radiated power of 0.225 kilowatts at 21 meters above average terrain. 4The boundaries depicted in this engineering statement for the Springfield Urbanized area are based on 1990 census data, as the Census Bureau has not yet released updated urbanized area boundaries based on 2000 census data. It is possible, when these updated urbanized area boundaries are released, that Sherman will be located either wholly or partially within this urbanized area. 1 CARL E. SMITH CONSULTING ENGINEERS ----- northern boundary of this urbanized area. Also shown in this figure are the present and proposed WMHX sites and the predicted 70 dBu contours across this urbanized area from both ofthese sites. As per FCC policy at the allotment stage, both of these con­ tours were projected assuming uniform terrain and nondireetional operation with maxi­ mum Class B1 facilities of 25 kilowatts effective radiated power at 100 meters above average terrain. As shown in this map exhibit, the present WMHX 70 dBu contour will encompass 45.9 square kilometers, or 34.5%, ofthe land area within this urbanized area, while the proposed WMHX 70 dBu contour will encompass 64.1 square kilome­ ters, or 48.2%, of the land area within this urbanized area. Figure 1.0 also depicts the fully spaced site location area for Channel 230B1 in Sherman, which encompasses 314.0 square kilometers. Also shown in this figure is a dashed boundary, which subdivides this fully spaced site area. Sites located within this fUlly spaced site area to the south and west of this dashed boundary, which encom­ passes 221.3 square kilometers, would provide 70 dBu service to 50% or more ofthe Springfield Urbanized Area. Thus, based on this information, sites located in 70.5% of the fully spaced site location area for Channel 230B1 in Sherman would permit WMHX to place a 70 dBu signal over 50% or more of this urbanized area.